A federal court in Mississippi on Feb. 2 dismissed a 10-year-old lawsuit accusing the Vatican of complicity in a scheme to bilk insurance companies for more than $200 million.
The bishops now argue that an exemption should include any employer who finds the mandated coverage morally objectionable.
After the new cardinals are created, all the “princes of the church” are scheduled to vote on the canonization of several new saints.
President Nicolas Sarkozy of France rejected calls for secular values to be enshrined in his country’s constitution.
Anne Nolte, M.D., said that Catholic hospitals might have to decide whether to "practice civil disobedience.”